FANTASY FORECAST 2018/19: FPL Gameweek 17
Ahead of each Gameweek in the Fantasy Premier League, The Hype Train invites a special guest onto its Fantasy Forecast, where the three members of the Hype Team and its Special Guests will duel for FPL supremacy in predicting Premier League scores, as well as going head to head in picking a Scout Picks squad for the relevant Gameweek. In addition, we give our insight into who are the players to watch and those to drop, both for traditional FPL leagues and the Draft mode, as well as providing insight into captaincy picks, differentials for the week, and more. Welcome to the Forecast. All aboard.
Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 17 Deadline
For the 2016/17 Premier League season, the FPL deadline will be one hour before the commencement of the week's first game. The Premier League website lists each FPL deadline, you can always ask on social media, and you can also view a real time countdown on our Weekly Hype page.
How does our Forecasting work?
We have taken to our Hype Team, and the FPL Community, to compete in a weekly head to head dual of wits. We ask the questions that dominate each week in the Fantasy Premier League: who to pick, who to avoid, who to captain, and who may surprise. The three members of the Hype Team, and a Guest, will provide weekly insight for the Gameweek ahead.
For the sake of respecting the rules of the Forecast, we have provided an example of what we're sending out to interested parties that will feature throughout the season.
Premier League Fixture Prediction: As pundits, we are testing our football acumen with PL predictions and will be providing regular updated tables and stats in each edition of the FPL Forecast. A perfect score is worth 3 points whilst a correct result is worth 1 point.
FPL Gameweek Forecasting: Answering the regular questions that come up every single week in the Fantasy Premier League community that helps with identifying captaincy picks, transfers, attacking options, clean sheet potential, teams to look our for and avoid, players to consider for the Draft game, the wildcard differential players, as well as general analysis and comments.
Scout Picks: Picking a squad of 15 for a single Gameweek, without any budget, using the rules of the FPL - formations, captains and vice captains, and the player limits of 3 per club (chips will not be feature of these weekly picks)
Each team must pick a Captain, labelled as (c) and a Vice Captain listed as (vc).
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 17
Man City 3-0 Everton
Crystal Palace 1-1 Leicester
Huddersfield 0-1 Newcastle
Spurs 1-0 Burnley
Watford 2-0 Cardiff
Wolves 2-2 Bournemouth
Fulham 1-2 West Ham
Brighton 0-2 Chelsea
Southampton 1-3 Arsenal
Liverpool 2-0 Man United
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 17
Best GW Attacking Options:
Man City (H) vs. Everton
Spurs (H) vs. Burnley
Watford (H) vs. Cardiff
Wolves (H) vs. Bournemouth
Bournemouth (A) vs. Wolves
West Ham (A) vs. Fulham
Arsenal (H) vs. Southampton
Chelsea (A) vs. Brighton
Liverpool (H) vs. Man United
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential:
Man City (H) vs. Everton
Newcastle (A) vs. Huddersfield
Spurs (H) vs. Burnley
Watford (H) vs. Cardiff
Chelsea (A) vs. Brighton
Liverpool (H) vs. Man United
GW Differential Picks:
Fulham’s striker Kamara has been in decent form.
Hueng-Min Son has been Spurs's best player of late.
Joel Matip has been looking mighty impressive for Liverpool in recent games.
FPL Captaincy Picks:
(C): Harry Kane – Easy fixture at home, who else but Kane?
(VC): Mohamad Salah – The Egyptian King of last season is creeping back into existence, with his shoulder injury now a thing of the past he is picking up pace, enough to guarantee him in the place of my captaincy ranks.
(VVC): Raheem Sterling – Third essential player is Sterling, and it can only get better for City after their loss at Stamford Bridge.
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 17
Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: Alisson
DEF: Marcos Alonso
DEF: Andrew Robertson
DEF: Toby Alderweireld
MID: Hueng-Min Son
MID: Eden Hazard
MID: Mohamad Salah (VC)
MID: Raheem Sterling
FOR: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
FOR: Harry Kane (C)
FOR: Chicharito
Substitutes
GK: Ben Foster
MID: Felipe Anderson
DEF: Matt Doherty
DEF: Kyle Walker
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 17
Man City 3-1 Everton
Crystal Palace 1-2 Leicester
Huddersfield 1-2 Newcastle
Spurs 3-0 Burnley
Watford 2-1 Cardiff
Wolves 1-0 Bournemouth
Fulham 1-3 West Ham
Brighton 1-3 Chelsea
Southampton 0-4 Arsenal
Liverpool 1-2 Man United
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 17
Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: Kepa Arrizabalaga
DEF: Marcos Alonso
DEF: Matt Doherty
DEF: Kieran Trippier
MID: Hueng-Min Son
MID: Eden Hazard (VC)
MID: Felipe Anderson
MID: Raheem Sterling
FOR: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C)
FOR: Harry Kane
FOR: Chicharito
Substitutes
GK: Rui Patricio
MID: Mohamed Salah
DEF: Sead Kolasinac
DEF: Jose Holebas
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 17
Man City 2-0 Everton
Crystal Palace 2-1 Leicester
Huddersfield 0-0 Newcastle
Spurs 3-0 Burnley
Watford 2-0 Cardiff
Wolves 1-2 Bournemouth
Fulham 1-2 West Ham
Brighton 0-2 Chelsea
Southampton 1-3 Arsenal
Liverpool 1-0 Man United
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 17
Best GW Attacking Options:
Man City (H) vs. Everton
Spurs (H) vs. Burnley
Watford (H) vs. Cardiff
West Ham (A) vs. Fulham
Arsenal (H) vs. Southampton
Chelsea (A) vs. Brighton
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential:
Man City (H) vs. Everton
Newcastle (A) vs. Huddersfield
Huddersfield (H) vs. Newcastle
Spurs (H) vs. Burnley
Watford (H) vs. Cardiff
Chelsea (A) vs. Brighton
Liverpool (H) vs. Man United
GW Differential Picks:
Javier Hernandez (WHU): Injuries in attack makes Hernandez and Anderson the best cheap to mid-range options right now. It's a no-brainer until West Ham's form vanishes just like that.
Chris Schindler (HUD): Huddersfield have back-to-back home games against Newcastle and Southampton and he's the defensive option to back on if you're going to go big with your picks.
FPL Captaincy Picks:
(C): Harry Kane – Easy fixture at home, who else but Kane?
(VC): Raheem Sterling – Another Man City game at home? Sterling's the man to bank on if you don't have Kane or Auba.
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 17
Formation: 3-4-3
Starting 11
GK: Martin Dubravka
DEF: Marcos Alonso
DEF: Andrew Robertson
DEF: Aymeric Laporte
MID: Hueng-Min Son
MID: Roberto Pereyra
MID: Mohamad Salah
MID: Raheem Sterling (VC)
FOR: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
FOR: Harry Kane (C)
FOR: Chicharito
Substitutes
GK: Jonas Lossl
MID: Felipe Anderson
DEF: Sead Kolasinac
DEF: Toby Alderweireld
Fixture Prediction: Gameweek 17
Man City 4-1 Everton
Crystal Palace 0-2 Leicester
Huddersfield 1-1 Newcastle
Spurs 3-0 Burnley
Watford 1-1 Cqrdiff
Wolves 2-2 Bournemouth
Fulham 0-1 West Ham
Brighton 0-2 Chelsea
Southampton 0-2 Arsenal
Liverpool 1-1 Man United
FPL Forecasting: Gameweek 17
Best GW Attacking Options:
Kane/Son
Best GW Defensive / Clean Sheet Potential:
Alonso/Luiz
Who are your essential Gameweek player picks?:
Son/Kane, Auba, Sterling
Who are the players that might make the difference this Gameweek in the Draft?: Kane/Digne
Who are the teams to look out for?:
Arsenal, West Ham, Wolves
Who are the teams to avoid?:
Saints, Burnley, Fulham
GW Differential Picks:
Anderson, Snodgrass, Digne, Leno
FPL Captaincy Picks:
(C): Kane
(VC): Auba
Other Gameweek Comments:
Salah’s haul was a bit of a fluke, we feel, with Bournemouth flattering any attack, and Chelsea, Spurs and City assets may well match his output over a 5 GW spell. Arsenal look unreliable in punishing weaker teams, and West Ham might be the surprise package in the next few Gameweek's, having no matches against any teams of FDR 4+
FPL Hype Picks: Gameweek 17
Formation: 4-4-2
Starting 11
GK: Alisson
DEF: Virgil van Dijk
DEF: Andrew Robertson
DEF: David Luiz
DEF: Matt Doherty
MID: Heung-Min Son
MID: Raheem Sterling
MID: Felipe Anderson
MID: Eden Hazard
FOR: Harry Kane (VC)
FOR: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C)
Substitutes
GK: Hugo Lloris
DEF: Lucas Digne
MID: Robert Snodgrass
FOR: Salomon Rondon
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